Shoe-fastening device



I. MCDONALD.

SHOE FASTENING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. I4, I9I9.

1,336,146. A Patented Apry, 1920.

JOHN MCDONALD, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

SHOE-FASTENNG DEVICE.

Application led November 14, 1919.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Jol-IN MGDONALD, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Fastening Ue-y vices; and I do hereby declare that the following` is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention has relation to shoe fastening` devices and more particularly appertains to a combined button and buttoning attachment for shoes.

rEhe principal object of the invention is to provide a combined button and attachment element therefor, whereby it is secured to the shoe and means for utilizing the attaching element for fastening or inserting the button within the button-hole.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined shoe button and upper fastening device that is capable after actuation to insert the button within the button-hole of the opposing upper, of being concealed between the upper sections of the shoe to which it is attached.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, wherein;

Figure 1 is a detailed elevational view of a shoe button and fastening element connected thereto, with a portion of the shoe upper and an eyelet in sect-ion;

Fig. 2 is an elevational view illustrating the button fastening element inserted through the button-hole; and,

Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the device in locked position with the shoe uppers and staple in section.

ln carrying out the present invention, reference being had to the drawings in detail, there is provided a fastening member 10 for each shoe button 11, which comprises a piece of wire bent at approXimat-el;fv its medial point to Yform the leg portions 12 and 13. Each fastening member 10 is adjustably connected to the staples 14; on the inner shoe upper, by passing through the staple 14, whereby the upwardly curved part 14; of

the latter is normally disposed within the medial bent portion of the fastening member 10. The leg portion 13, contiguous to the medial bent portion of the fastening Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

Serial No. 337,948.

member 10, curves upward and outwardly and has its end 15 bent outwardly at an angle to said leg portion 13. The leg portion 12, likewise adjacent the medial portion, is first slightly inclined downwardly and then upwardly and inwardly toward the leg portion 13 and has its end 16 disposed at an angle extending slightly upwardly.

The ends 15 and 16 of the fastening meinber 10 are attached to a composite shoe button 17 at the same time that the latter is molded.

In operation to fasten or to button up the shoe, the button 17 will be inserted through a button-hole in the opposite upper section of the shoe and at this time, the upwardly curved part 14 of thestaple 14, will be disposed within the medial loop portion of the fastening member as illustrated in Fig. 2. Then the button 17 and fastening member 10 to which it is connected are drawn entirely through the button-hole and the fastening member 10 is forced over and inwardly and is disposed flush with the end of the shoe upper carrying the staple li, to which it is connected.

The upwardly curved part 1e of the staple 14 will then be4 disposed within the curved portion of leg 12 at its point of intersection with the upwardly turned end 16, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

Resultant of this action of using member 10 as a lever, so to speak, the outer upper in which the button-holes are located, is drawn or stretched over the inner or lower upper.

rhe leg portions 1Q andl of member 10 will then lie between the inner and outer shoe uppers, the upwardly directed end portions 15 and 16, will extend through the button-hole, and the button 17, attached thereto, will be disposed outside of the button-hole and consequently serve to prevent the disconnection of the said uppers, as in the manner of the usual buttons.

In this manner the buttons and buttoning elements 10, are attached to the shoe by the fastening members 1-1, and said button elements serve as a connecting medium for the button to the member 14k and likewise for performing the closing function.

Having thus fully described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a shoe having 3. The Combination with L shoe having' upper Sections, of L button carried by one of said sections Lnd adapted for insertion l5 Within L button-hole in the opposing` seotion, L buttoner attached to said button and adapted for Lotuation to dispose said button Within the button-hole, Lnd means for coneenling the buttoner upon the connection of the said upper Sections together.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set niy hand.

JOHN MODONALD. 

